Chapter 11 Act 9 The Trial of Harrison

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Li: (Stands up, knocks the gavel) Now announce the opening of the ninth court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography of the defendant William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States (William Henry Harrison). (Harrison stands.) God Lee: You are Harrison, born in 1773, the 9th President of the United States. Harrison: Yes. God Li: You are a child of a revolutionary family, and your father's name is on the "Declaration of Independence".Your family has a long history, and your grandson later became the president.You are grandparents and grandchildren.

Harrison: We have a single pass.My son is the most interesting, his name is John Scott Harrison (John Scott Harrison), he is both the president's son and the president's father. God Lee: I remember when he died at the age of 73, shortly after he was buried in the ground, grave robbers stole his body and sold it to the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati.The college regularly purchased cadavers on the black market for students to dissect, but they did not expect to buy Harrison's body.When Harrison's son came to school on business, he happened to see a dead body tied up with a rope with its head dangling. He was startled and realized it was his father.

Harrison: God Lee deserves to be God Lee. He knows everything. It's an adventure on earth. God Lee: You were born in 1773, before the Declaration of Independence, before the US Constitution took effect, so yeah, you were a British, you were the last British subject. Harrison: Yes. God Lee: You are the president with the most descendants of grandchildren and great-grandchildren: You have 48 grandchildren and 106 great-grandchildren, more than any other president. Harrison: We need a little more white people in America. God Lee: Let's kill so that there are fewer red people. Harrison: It's not my grandchildren's turn to do it.

God Lee: You are a big killer of Indians.You've been governor of the Indiana Territory since 1800, when you were 27 years old.In the second year, 1801, when you were 28 years old, you became the "Hero of Tippecanoe" (Hero of Tippecanoe), the Shawnee Indians were destroyed by you, and 3 million acres of land fell to your bloody white hands here, isn't it? In 1813, The fearsome Shawnee Indian Chief Tecumseh (Tecumseh) was killed, didn't he? Harrison: That Indian chief was a die-hard guy, and he encouraged the Indians to resist the Americans. God Lee: Shouldn't you be resisting?If you don’t resist, you are not being cheated by the Americans. Which one of the contracts you signed with the Indians have you kept?

Harrison: We also tried to remedy that, for example, we strengthened the "Indian Reservation"... God Lee: It's so annoying to hear your official answer, let's put on some music, listen to that "Indian Reservation" song: …Took away our ways of life The Tomahawk and the bow and knife Took away our native tongue And taught their English to our young And all the beads we made by hand Are nowadays made in Japan… They took the whole Indian nation Locked us on this reservation Though I wear a shirt and tie I'm still part redman deep inside… My wind is gone, and the tomahawk is buried.

My voice is silent, and the English is for the white. I am vulgar, and Japanese goods are driving up. Although my body is gone, my heart is back. Harrison: I wish I could write this song to preserve the image of Indian. God Li: You, you have other images that you are maintaining.You are a 28-year-old Native American killer, famous, 30 years later, "sung into presidency" (sung into presidency), you campaigned on a heroic image, you added the name of your deputy Tyler, ed. Into the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" (Tippecanoe, plus Tyler), successfully created the first "image" campaign in the United States (the first "image" campaign), and finally you won, the Democratic Party's "Wheeling Times" "(Wheeling Times) commented: "We have been sung down, lied down and drunk down." (We have been sung down, lied down and drunk down.) This shows how singing, lies, and cider affect the general election.Your propaganda paints you as a war hero, as a folk hero, as a man of the people, as a log cabin, drinking sour juice ( Hard cider, a hillbilly, in fact, you come from the upper class of Virginia, the mansion with 22 houses, drink the best whiskey, you start by killing Indians, it is true Yes, others, as your political opponents taunt you "Granny Harrison, the Petticoat General".

Harrison: Whatever they say, I'm the first professional military president of the United States, and I'm a major general. God Li: But instead of being a good general, you are swaying with words. Your inaugural speech was 8,445 words (8,578 words at one time), and you didn’t understand rhetoric. Died after 32 days. HARRISON: The shortest-lived president in American history, no? God Lee: Strictly speaking, although you have been the president of the United States for 32 days and more than a month, you are not the shortest-lived. Harrison: (curious) Who else is shorter than me? God Lee: There was a man, he only did it for one day.

Harrison: Just for one day, how can you be a president? God Lee: It counts as one day.He is David Rice Atchison. He was originally a senator. Coincidentally, during the eight years from 1846 to 1854, he served as the temporary chairman of the Senate 16 times. On March 4, 1849, the new President Taylor was supposed to be sworn in, but that day happened to be Sunday, and Taylor was to be sworn in on March 5 the next day. president.This "one-day president" is completely legal and well-founded. Although he only served for one day, he is still the president. Harrison: (smiling) Thank God Lee for comforting me with his profound historical knowledge.I regret not listening to the Secretary of State.

God Lee: When your secretary of state, Daniel Webster, comes home, misses dinner, apologizes to his landlady, who asks why he looks so tired?He said: "I killed 17 Roman proconsuls." It turns out that your original speech talks about Roman history; the word proconsul alone can be used endlessly.The following words are my conclusion: you killed the Indians with the barrel of a gun; you killed yourself with the barrel of a pen.isn't it? Harrison: (with a wry smile) Right! God Lee: On September 10, 1813, the sentence in the battle report that Perry (0.H.Perry) gave you is short and powerful, and may give you some inspiration.

Harrison: I remember that sentence: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours." (The enemy is in sight, and they are ours.) God Lee: Please remember 158 years later, Walt Kelly's words "We have met the enemy and he is us" (the enemy is in sight, but it is in our generation), this is the true portrayal of America , The root of the tragedy in America today, isn't it?Retire from the court (beat the mallet and stand up). (The curtain falls.)